One Room. Three Tracks. Four Days.
Clinical breakthroughs, late-breaking research, nursing practice, nutrition, pharmacy, social work, and health policy — all running at the same time. You can cover one. Your team can cover all of it.
NACFC is the world's leading annual gathering of CF professionals, hosted by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. The breakthroughs happening in CF right now are moving faster than any journal, webinar, or department meeting can capture. NACFC is where you get ahead of them.
Count Me In"NACFC is such a powerful experience. The level of dedication and passion behind the shared vision — to improve the lives of patients and ultimately find a cure — is truly astounding. The prognosis for this disease has changed so dramatically that it's impossible not to feel hopeful. This conference inspires you to smile, stay engaged, and listen with true intention."
The Best Conversations Aren't in the Sessions
They're in the hallway afterward. At dinner. At the poster session where two researchers from different centers realize they're working on the same problem. That only happens in person.
"In two minutes, we solved what would have taken 20 emails." — 2025 Attendee
Your Team Leaves with a Plan, Not Just Notes
One person returns with ideas. A team returns with alignment. The difference between attending NACFC and implementing what you learned there is whether your whole team heard it together.
Team Agenda Planner
NACFC's agenda builder lets your group coordinate tracks, divide sessions, and share notes. No one attends the same session twice and nothing falls through the cracks.
Institutional ROI
Leadership tracks, policy updates, and clinical sessions align your center's direction. A team that attends together returns with shared language and a year's head start on implementation.
CF Care Is Multidisciplinary. So Is NACFC.
Every member of your care team has a track designed exactly for them. NACFC's 11 tracks mirror the structure of how CF is actually practiced.
Join us in Atlanta"In two minutes, we solved what would have taken 20 emails."
Every member of your team has a home here
Every Member of Your Team Has a Home Here
NACFC is designed for the full CF multidisciplinary team. Select your role to see why NACFC is worth your time.
Physician · APP · Nurse Practitioner
Your Patients Are Counting on What You Bring Back
NACFC is where CF clinicians stay ahead of the science that changes how they treat patients. Case and abstract-based sessions, CE credits, and direct access to the researchers making breakthroughs.
Apply insights by Monday morning — Clinical sessions are built for immediate application. Adult and pediatric topics, modulator-era updates, and case-based learning across disciplines.- CE credits you'll actually use — Earn continuing education credits across 4 days of clinically relevant sessions.
- Peer learning across centers — Roundtables, case discussions, and hallway conversations with CF clinicians from across North America and beyond.
- Know where the field is heading — Late-breaking science and early data presented at NACFC. Be in the room first.
Your Tracks
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Research Scientist · Academic Investigator · Postdoc · Fellow
The Room Where CF Science Moves Forward
NACFC is the most concentrated gathering of CF researchers. Whether you're presenting or not, the value is the same: collaborations that take months over email happen in an afternoon here.
- Know where the field is heading before it's published — Late-breaking abstracts and unpublished data are presented exclusively at NACFC. What you hear in October informs your grant writing in November.
- Collaborations that happen in person — Multi-center studies, co-author relationships, and grant partnerships start in hallways and poster sessions.
- Visibility beyond the podium — Even without a presentation, being at NACFC builds your reputation.
- Access to mentors and senior investigators — The CF research community is small and NACFC is where it gathers.
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Student · Trainee · Fellow · Early Career Professional
You Belong Here. This Is Where It Starts.
NACFC is the fastest way to find your people in the CF field and to accelerate the career you're building. Mentorship, community, and clarity on where to focus — all in one place.
- Find mentors who have walked your exact path — NACFC draws senior clinicians, researchers, and administrators from across the CF ecosystem.
- Build the network that shapes your career — Peer connections at early career stages compound over time.
- Navigate with confidence — First-time and early-career resources, onboarding sessions, and clear session tagging by level.
- See the whole field in four days — Clinical, research, and care coordination all in one building.
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CF Center Administrator · Advocate · Operations Leader
Lead Your Team Where CF's Future Is Decided
NACFC is the only CF conference where science, care, policy, and operations converge. What you bring back from Atlanta shapes your center's direction for the next 12 months.
- Big-picture CF updates your organization can act on — Health equity, care delivery, and access to care. The HEAC track is built for the decisions you make.
- Turn science into decisions — Cross-disciplinary programming bridges research and operations.
- Connect with CF leaders nationwide — NACFC is where directors and center administrators compare notes and solve problems.
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Your Whole Team Has a Track
NACFC's 11 tracks run simultaneously. A coordinated team covers the full program one person can't.
This is why teams attend. A physician, a researcher, a nurse coordinator, and a social worker can each attend the track built for them. They then debrief over dinner and implement together. No other CF conference is structured this way.
Clinical
Diagnosis, pulmonary assessment and treatment, GI disease, transplant, clinical trials, endocrine and bone
Airway Physiology & Therapeutic Targeting
Airway and lung research, molecular research, novel therapies, imaging and biomarkers
Infection, Microbiology & Immunity
Host-pathogen interactions, microbial communities, immune response in CF
Path to a Cure / CFTR Biology
Gene editing, nucleotide therapeutics, CFTR modulator response and variants, leading-edge technologies
Extrapulmonary Physiology & Pathophysiology
GI manifestations, hepatobiliary, non-pulmonary manifestations, cell physiology and dysfunction
Health Equity, Care Delivery & Access
Access to care, health disparities, advocacy, expenditures, policy, insurance, social determinants
Nursing
Care coordination, transition programs, care throughout the lifespan, self-care management
Nutrition
Nutrition in the HEMT era, clinical strategies, advanced adolescent and adult nutrition
Social Work, Psychology & Child Life
Mental health, emotional wellness, behavioral interventions, life transitions
Physical & Respiratory Therapy
Airway clearance, exercise, musculoskeletal and neuromuscular problems/therapies, inhaled medications
Pharmacy
Medication optimization, dosing, drug interactions, pharmacist role in CF care teams
Team Tip: Assign one team member per track cluster. A physician covers CLIN and PHARM. A researcher covers IMI or PTAC/CFTR. A nurse coordinator covers NRS and SW/PSYCH. A dietitian covers NTR. A leader covers HEAC. Your team returns with the full picture.
First Time Attendees
New to NACFC? We've Got You.
NACFC 2026 offers a full-day add-on session on Wednesday — Nuts and Bolts for the New CF Team Member — built specifically for professionals who are new to the CF field or attending NACFC for the first time.
There's also a Know Before You Go webinar so your whole team can prepare together.
Everything Your Team Needs to Know
Questions before you register? Here are the answers most teams ask first.
The North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference is the world's leading annual gathering of CF professionals, hosted by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. It brings together clinicians, researchers, nurses, pharmacists, social workers, and leaders to share the latest advances in CF research, care, and drug development.
Any professional involved in the care, research, or support of people with cystic fibrosis. This includes clinicians, researchers, nurses, pharmacists, social workers, dietitians, respiratory therapists, physical therapists, and administrators.
One person returns with ideas. A team returns with alignment and a plan. With 11 simultaneous tracks, a coordinated team can cover the full program. They leave Atlanta with shared language and a year's head start on implementation.
Yes. Group registration is available and recommended for CF care teams. Contact us to learn about group pricing and coordination tools.
NACFC offers continuing education credits across multiple disciplines over 4 conference days. Full CE details are available in the program guide.
NACFC 2026 will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, October 7–10, 2026.
NACFC offers a full-day Nuts and Bolts for the New CF Team Member session and a Know Before You Go webinar for first-timers. New attendees are welcomed and supported throughout.
Advance pricing ends September 7, 2026. Register before that date to save. Group registration is available now.
The Room Is Filling Up.
Is Your Team In?
NACFC 2026. Atlanta, Georgia. October 7–10. Advance pricing through September 7. The CF professionals who move the field forward will all be there. Will you?
Atlanta, Georgia · October 7–10, 2026 · Advance pricing ends Sept 7